Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 1032 1032 Osprey 1 59 61 Bald Eagle 8 129 129 Northern Harrier 7 387 387 Sharp-shinned Hawk 53 2141 2144 Cooper's Hawk 1 71 71 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5 Broad-winged Hawk 14 48929 48929 Red-tailed Hawk 4 61 61 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 1063 1072 Merlin 4 87 88 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 13 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 97 53979 53994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw Visitors: A few visitors today. Weather: Winds were light E to SE for the day with no clouds and a temp to a high of 18C. Raptor Observations: A fairly small flight today with just 97 birds for the day. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: Both Saturday and Sunday are looking really good with forecast NE winds both days and lots of sun and cloud. This should push the birds down to the Lake Erie shoreline. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (ez.raptor1210@gmail.com) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392